#2 Lesson Learned – Managing the Perception

Being a practical project manager is handy if we can manage the perception correctly as it will lead to better decision.

Read this short story:

A person from Indonesia – who usually lives in 27-35 degree – goes to Europe, lands at London, finds that temperature is 10 degree and texts his wife that it’s very cold.

At the same time, another person from northern part of Europe – who lives in 0 to minus 35 degree –lands at London, finds that temperature is 10 degree and calls home saying the weather are very warm.

The fact is, the temperature is 10 degree – you call it cold or warm that depends on the place you live

So when you listen to statements such as ‘It’s very cold’ or ‘it’s very hot’, if you look at it from right perspective, you will end up making better decision.

Remember all the answer is right and depends on the perception. Being a practical project manager, we need to understand the context surround the situation to make good decision.